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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-29
CLEAN-SHAvEN FACES.
Why Singers and Speakers Should No
Grow Boards Mustaehes.

why singers ana SPEAKERS SnOulO NOT
Grow Boards or Mustaehes.
A gentleman who has paid consider
able attention to the human voice con-
tends that hair around the mouth tends
to impair the utterance in song and
speech. The sounds are broken or
mufiled as they are projected from the
mouth. Most of the famous lawyers,
ministers and Parliamentary orators
have been clean shaven. Among these
NAV be mentioned Lord Mansfield, of
whom Junius said that he considered
him the most dangerous man in En-
gland, because the most talented;
Wilkes, the noted demagogue; Lord
Erskine, Lord Jeffrey, the reviewer;
the Earl of Beaconsfield, Mr.. Glad
stone, Lord Macaulay, Richard Gorden,
John Bright, Rev. Mr.. Chalmers, Rev.
Edw ard Irving. the friend of Mrs. Car
lyle, and Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon. Actors,
as general rule, are clean faced, un-
less when representing historic charac-
ters, like King Lear. In our own
country Patrick Henry, Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher. Wendell Phillips, Ed
ward Everett, Daniel Webster, Rufus
Choate, William Lloyd Garrison and
Charles Sumner did not have boards or
mustaehes. Now every other minister
looks as fierce in the pulpit as dra-
goon in saddle, ready to draw saber
for an onslaught. Foreign singers, to
man, are hairy about the mouth.
Americans as well as British have
copied the men of the Continent of
Europe in the matter of hair about the
mouth during the past fifty years; be-
fore that bearded American or Brit
isher was rarely seen. Now almost
every one who can raise a beard has
one. 1t is not known whether Demos
themes or Cicero wore boards, but we
suppose Peter the Hermit, who preached
| the first crusade, and Walter the Penny
less. were bearded, because they could
not spare time to shave.-Boston Globe.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-29
Smarter Than He Looked.

The smart young clerk who tried to
raise laugh at the expense of a"coun-
try cousin,'' illustrated the truth of the
old aphorism in regard to looks being
very deceptive. He received his les
son.
''See that country cousin over there
by the stoveP" inquired a Harlem clerk
of another, as rural-appearing custo-
mer entered and glanced curiously
about the store.
Eyes, see him. What of itPn
''Watch me take him down. Say,
mister" the cute clerk continued, ad-
dressing the supposed greenhorn.
1--WE don't keep whisky"
''Wall, sonny, all I've got ter say is
that It'd save you a pile of trav'l eff
yer did, was the prompt reply
Touth's Companion.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-29

So they went at once TO the place
with innumerable small, ill-vcntilated
rooms, where for the entire sum that he
earned weekly Ben Connover was per-
mitted to lodge.
The doctor had made his hospital
rounds that night and his last call was
on Ben. He was a young physician.
and very Jealous over his patients. He
took an interest in the handsome.
whole-souled country boy who was un-
accustomed to close rooms and sewer
gas and lonely hours, and so wrote
that letter to his mother.
And as they stood on the step ring
ing the grumbling bell he walked up
and soon discovered who they were,
and made himself known.
''Oh, Doctor. is there any hope?
Doctor. t0iH my boy get wellP
Doctor. is he still saliveP"
(, These were the questions that were
poured into the doctors ears.
How very unfeeling of him to Taught
'.Why. there is nothing in this world
the matter with him! As / wrote you
it's only bad case of nostalgia
'sDoctor!n said the father sternly.
"put that ere word in plain EngHshl''
s'Oh, l see." laughed the doctor.
1T is the medical term for homesick-
ness"
And that was all that allied the boy.
A good deal of mental longing and
worry had brought on fever, and Ben
was fast becoming really i'll. but the sym
pathetic young doctor had diagnosed
his case correctly. He was soldier
who was not sick from any fatal NAL
ady. He was homesick.
Now that we're here we'll stay and
see the sights, Sary Ann" Mr.. Con-
mover said to his wife, "and you can
coddle Ben all you want to-"
And Ben was very willing to oe cod
died. But it was strange that after ex-
planning that big medical word, the
doctor still kept coming. 1t worried
the old couple little, because they
thought Ben must be in danger after
ALL
But it was the doctor who was in
danger now. He had transferred his
interest in the brother to the sister
And no word was big enough to dag
nose has case.
But it all came out right Only Ben
must have tonics and directions. and
at last the doctor went out there and
established a practice, leaving out the
Latin words.
And he was right. There is no more
insidious disease than homesickness.
When the Swiss scldiers-the bravest
fighters in the world-hear the familiar
RAM des baches they lean on their ear
bines and weep for their loved glaciers
and mountain pines, and often die OF
that hidden wound of the heart-whose
classical name is nostalgia, and which
freely translated means sickness for
home. 'i-Detroit Free Press"
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-29
WEALTHY NEGROES.
Material Progress Made by Represents
tiyes of the Co1ored Race.

Material Progress Made by Representa-.
tives of the Colored Race.
John w Cromwell, a negro journal
ist in Philadelphia, has compiled an
exhibition of the business condition OF
his race in American.
The Carolinas take the lead in the
number of wealthy negroes. North
Carolina has twenty who are worth
from 800 to $50, 600 each. In South
Carolina the negroes own $4,000, ,00G
worth of property. In Charleston
fourteen men represent $500, 600. Thos.
R. Smalls is worth $1s, 600, and Chas. G.
Leslie is worth $4,000. The family of
Noisettes, truck farmers, are worth
$3.50, ZOO.
In the city savings banks the negroes
have 1924. 936 35 on d. osit. One man
has over 5000. He recently bought
a SO, 900 plantation and paid $1,000 in
cash.
In Philadelphia, John Mckee is
worth half a million. He owns four
hundred hohses. Several are worth
$100, 900.
The negroes of New York own from
four to six million dollars worth of
real estate. P. A. White, wholesale
druggist, is worth quarter of mil
lion, and has an annual business of
$500, 900. Catharine Black is worth
$150.O00.
In New Jersey the negroes own S2,-
600, 900 of real estate. Baltimore has
more negro home-owners than any
other large city. Nineteen men are
worth a total of $500, 600. John Thomas,
the wealthiest, is worth about $780,
600. Less than 100 negroes in Wash
ington are worth total of 81, 900. 600.
In Louisiana the negroes pay taxes
on $15, ,00O.0 600 in New Orleans and
$50, ,0O0. 900 in the State. lone Lafon,
a French quadroon. is worth 81 900, GOO
The Morcer Brothers. clothiers, carry
stock of 100000. Missouri has
twenty-seven citizens worth a million
dollars in amount, ranging from $780,
600 to $500, 900.
The richest eolored woman of the
South is Amanda Eubanks, made so by
the will of her white father; she is
worth 500, 600, and lives near Augusta,
Ga Chicago, the home of 5000 col
ored people, has three colored firms in
business. whose proprietors represent
$50, 900 each, one SIS 600 and nine S10,-
600. A. j. Scott has $4,000 invested
in the livery business. and is worth
800, 900, including wen-stocked farm
in Michigan. Messrs. John Jones and
Richard Grant are worth so. 900 each.
| A. G. White. of St. Louis, formerly
purveyor to the Anchor line of steam
ers, after financial reverses. has, since
the age of forty-fve, retrieved his for
tunes and accumulated $4,000. Mrs.
NJ. Carpenter, San Francisco colored
woman. has bank account of $50, 900,
and Mrs. Mary Pleasant has an income
from eight houses in San Francisco, 8
ranch near San Mateo, and 500. 600 in
| Government bonds. In Marysville,
| Cal. twelve individuals are the owners
of ranches valued in aggregate at from
$50. 600 to $3.50. 600. One of them,
Mrs Peggy Bredan, has besides a
bank account of $40. 900.
These statistics show that the brother
in black is making some headway in
the world. He is learning to s'tote his
own ski let" N Y. Witness.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-29

The man who thinks he never did
foolish thing isn't wise enough to
know what folly is.-Boston Journal Of
Education.
Queen Victoria attended circus
the other day for the first time in thirty
years. Yet she easily recognized the
jokes of the clown as old acquaint-
ances.
Omaha Dame-And so, my daugh-
ter, you are engaged to Mr.. De Goode.
/ am delighted. He comes of a splen-
did family. Charming Daughter
Yes, he proposed last night and / ac-
cepted. DO you love himP'' mo.
but that horrid Miss Pert does. -
Omaha World
Did you see that woman in Ben
hanan's pew this morning with all
her mind conferred on her new bon
netP' asked the deacon. mo. DEAR"
replied his wife, sweetly, 81 was too
much taken up admiring the man in
Shelah's pew with his whole soul
fxecs an his new gloves" Th
deacon tried to talk about
mon. - Rsfvf7effe
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-29
YOUNG COLIN.

An Effort mt orthographicai Consistency
Young Colin chunts mournful lay,
While guiding of his plough,
And not far on, beneath the hedge,
A damsel milks her cough.
"who's yonders" cries the rustic swain;
"'Tis Mollie, sure enough.
needn't from so sweet q girl
Expect n rude rebough."
Across the field he stoutly plods,
Nor looks TO left or right;
Shy Molly fiushes like The rose,
And then her cheek grows Wright.
"Dear lass" says he, in accents how,
"Among your other beaux
You have not one as fond and true
As Colin, goodness kneauxi
$50, though you t'other day refused,
To heed a suitors sigh,
i ask once more-will you be minef-
The bride for whom I'd dighf'
Persistent wooing wins n maid
Her heart grew soft as dough;
And soon n whispered Yes" replaced
Fair Molly's former 'Nough"
-LSslie's Budget.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-29

old Lady-.'How often does this
elevator come DOWN." Elevator Boy
"Betwoen up-trips. ma'am."
-He-.What are you thinking ofP''
She-''N Nothing" He-(absent mind
edly)-"You flatter me-. 7Id-Bits.
DO all the jokes about restaurant
pie come under the classification of
"Humors of the StomachP Merchant
Traveller.
"A young lady in Summerdale is so
very tender-hearted, that she refuses to
pare thk potatoes for her mother. She
says she is afraid she might injure their
eyes.-Drake's Traceiiers' Magdsine.
1t bothers the man who has earned
success by faithful. honest, brainy
work to hear his friends say among
themselves: What an Internally lucky
fellow Jack isr'-,JournaI of Education.
What She Is
My love issnot an angel,
With thoughts-%n heavenly scenes,
She's just a oslmon Boston girl
And dotes on pork and beans
--SomerUille journal.
u have bit of good news for you,
john" said fond young wife. "Yesa"
remarked John. expectantly. Eyes.
You remember that two weeks ago hot
house grapes were quoted at $S a
pound? Well, bought some to-day
for $6r'-M Y. Sun.
You put your foot in 1t nicely to-
night" said Mrs. Sweetspeech. "How
was thatP' asked her husband.
when you told Mrs. Fourthly that
you were sure her husband would new
er go the way he sentother people"
.'Well, and what of thatPn ''Why,
her husband is a preacher. !" "Great
ScottI thought he was sheriff. -
Rurdefte-
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-29

"A little boy wanted to stay at home
from school, and knew his mother
wouldn't let him unless he was sick.
So his mother said: why, my little
man. are you sick this morning?" The
little man not knowing a whole vo-
cabulary of ailmer' n select from. on
the spur of the ..Yes,
am; my
-"Be
Jonesto
Hampshf
rich kinr
relative
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-29
PUNCH AND JUDY.
The Original Version of Story Familiar In
Many Lands.

The romantic story of Punch and
judy is. in its orr. inal form. as follows:
Mr.. Punch. gentleman of great per-
sonal attraction, is married to Miss
Judy, by whom he has lovely daugh-
ter. To the baby no name is given in
the piece. the infant being too young
TO be christened. In a fit of horrid
and demoniac jealousy Mr.. Punch,
like second Zeluco, strangles his
beautiful offspring just as he has
completed his dreadful purpose Mrs.
Punch enters, witnesses the brutal
havoc, and exit screaming; she soon
returns. however, armed with a blud-
geon. and applies it to her husbands
head, (which TO the wood returns a
wooden sound" Exasperated by jeal-
ousy and rage. Mr.. Punch seizes an
other bludgeon, and lays her PROSTATE
at his feet; then seizing the murdered
infant and expiring mother, he fiings
them both out of the window into the
street
The dead bodies having been found.
police officers enter the dwelling of Mr.
Punch. who flies for his life, mounts
his steed. and the author, neglecting,
like other great poets, the conflicting
unities of time and place, conveys
his hero into Spain; where, however,
he is arrested by an officer of the ter
rible inquisition. After enduring the
most cruel tortures with incredible for
titude, Mr. Punch. by means of golden
key, beautiful and novel allegory,
opens his prison door and escapes.
The conclusion of the affecting story is
satirical, allegorical and poetieal. The
hero is at first overtaken by WEAKNESS
and laziness in the shape of black
dog, whom he fights and conquers; dis
ease, in the guise of physician, next
arrests him, but Punch '.sees through
the thin pretense," and dismisses the
doctor with few derogatory kicks.
Death at last visits the fugitive, but
Punch lays about his skeleton carcass
so Justify, and makes the bones of his
antagonist rattle so musically, that
Death his deaths blow then received.
Last of all comes the devil; first, un-
der the appearance of a lovely female,
but afterward in his own natural
shape. to drag the offender to the in
fernal regions in purgatory to expiate
his dreadful crime. Even this attempt
fails, and Punch is left triumphant
over doctors. death and the devil. The
curtain falls amid the shouts of the
conqueror.-IrishI Times.
|
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-29

me results OF day at Monte Carlo
to the proprietors of the Casino and to
the Principality of Monaco are testified
in the boxes, weighted with gold. car
riad away before the very eyes of the
Users. It is said that each table wins
from f1,50o to $4,000 day, which
shows a gross gain from the eight
tables of from f12,00o to f16. 600.
These sums must be multiplied by 365
to show the probable yearly income
CoxrL Joalf17GI
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-07-29

"A russian peasant employed as
watchman on an estate near Odessa
aroused the ilI-feeling of Jews by inn
pounding their stray cattle. The Jews
decoyed him into barn, where they
immersed their victim several times in
ealdron of boiling water. and then
flung him out into neighboring field.
The unfortunate peasant fingered three
aar in great agony and then died.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-31
FIRST QUARTER 1888.
yuaslay Schoel Lessons for the Winter.
ssSearsh the Scriptures for In Them Ne
Shall Find Eternal Life"
III NEW YEAR.

1t lis Just the time in the. year to take
look ahead. Now is the season when,
ar ever, one should ask the question, Am
X making the most OF my opportunities
Dusias the past year how much has been
EasG-irrcvocably lost! The opportuni-
dEes which It gave will never return. The
Nftseafion Ia now, Shall the privileges OF
fasis new year be better improved? Many
abod resolutions are often made about
the beginning of every year. Do you
know why It is that so many fail in keep
fng taems One reason Is, that they are
so iadeiinite. They consist only of gen
eraI purpose to be better and TODD better.
Mes4 persons do not say that IN this par
1euiaT thing and in that bad habit they
v5ll reform. You should not be like them.
You know In what you have failed. Now
look you faults bravely in the face, and
resolve that you will overcome them.
SPECIFY them. SO that you will know each
ono when 1t attacks you again. In the
matter of lesson study, what did you do
Lost yearr II you did not devote all the
"a me to Ii that you should. o is just the
nae nasst not merely to resolve to give it
All that you should, but to set aside a GER
tain portion of each day to mastering
You Sunday school lessons. And then
laa wing msde your p~rogram-stick TO 1t.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-31
Civil zing the Incians.

+. III Carruth in Chicago Tribune:
Did | understand YOU to say that
you had had considerable experience
with the Indians in the ~estf" inq Tired
Il mtu on an eastern train Of a tall
stranger.
"Yes, | suppose | have"
What DO yon consider the outlook
for their civiliX ttlon?"
Poor, very poor. Tney don't seem
TO learn anything. Why. sir, only last
week traded Que Ut the most intelli-
gent OF them an old horse, blind in
both eyes and all crippled up generally,
for two ponies, and he never knew he
was cheat, d, | can't understand why
it is tat the Indian doesn't improve
more" .
"Well, that looks bad for them, sure
enough. ] suppose you have a ranch
near one OF their reservations"
20. no, I'm no raucher," replied
The stranger, as he threw his leg over
the arm vt the seat; mo, I'm II mis-.
sionarv | was Sent out by the Will
lam Penn Missionary Society OF Pnila-
lelphia, and We have been laboring
,niong the red brethren for the last
twenty years.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-31
Too MUG J Fun For rim.

Buffalo Courier. Mamie said
Augustus, as he carefully spread his
hems,itched handkerchief on tho floor
and knelt on it at his IDOLS feet,
Mamie, / would die for you; yes, ]
would even be cremated for your
AXE
"Ah, Augustus. dear, / know You
would" answered Mamie. TREMENDOUSLY,
''but | will not ask so much. l will
only ask you, Augustus, to 60 down
town and buy me IA yard and an eighth
of brocaded satin, cut on the bias, just
the color Of this sample" and she
handed him a silver of sky blue gros-
grain ribbon. But Augustus wilted
and declared he would rathc. Me than
undertake such a task, and now
kneels no more on his hemsti,ched
handkerchief at Mamie's feet.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-31

John and why did he not do it2 Who de-
| sired Johns death even more than hep
| Mark 6: 49,
What would have been better for both
than irving 10 get rid OF the preacher?
| How are people apt to feel towards those
who reproye them? How should they
feel? What Is said by the wise man con-
corning those who hate reproof? prov.
Is: l0.)
3. A martyrs death Tvs. G-l2).-How
was Hcrod's birthday celebrated? Mark
8: 2l)
At the feast, how was Herod especially
pleased? What was there wrong about
this act? Lesson Hints.) What queen
nobly refused to be present even at a sim
liar feast, though sent for by the king?
(Esth. /: l0-l21
What promise did the pleasure of the
king cause him to make and how was it
confirmed? Hew much did he promise to
give? Mark g: 23) How did he err in
making this pledge? tEccles. 5: %
For what did Salome ask? Who put
her up to asking it? Why? What prov
erb was illustrated in this case? Geek.
l6: 44.)
How did the king feel when the request
was made? Why did he grant what was
asked? Which motive va the most DO
tent? What should he have done and
why? What mistake do those make who
feel that they are bound to keep their
word when they have promised to do
wrong?
What did the king do? What was done
with the head of John? What with the
body? After burying the body, what did
Johns disciples do? Why diu they go to
him? In atiliction would YOU go to him.
REVIEW QUESTIONS.
When Herod heard OF Jesus what did he
suppose? What made him SO believe?
what had he done To make him fearful?
What had John the Baptist done to incur
his displcasure? What effect upon him
self was made by Johns bold words after
be was put in prison? CLARK 6: 20.) Who
was Johns bitter and unrrlenting enemy?
Upon what day did the king
give the order for the be-
heading Of the prophet? How came he to
give it? What two mistakes did he make
that day? What was done with the head
and with the body Of the prophet? What
Topic? Analysis? Where in this lesson
is shown:
!. A torturing conscience?
2. A faithful rebuke?
3. A bad promise?
4. A yindictive spirit?
SEEK-FURTHER QUESTIONS.
Where Is the conscience likenpd to q
light, and what kind of IA light? Where
is the punishment which il inilictS liken-
ed 10 filing the mouth with gravel, and
what is said TO occasion that? When by
the operation Of conscience was u woman
sawed from being stoned? The conscience
Of what king was awakened by the telling
of Il parable, and what was the parable?
TO what written in the heart does the
conscience bear witness and what is the
passage? Towards whom should every
one seek TO have a conscience void of
offence? What mystery are we eXhorted
to hold in a pure conscience? What pass
age shows that "A conscience may be, as 1t
We're, burned out.
Bible Catechism-
40. What is faith?
Ans.-Now faith is the assurance OK
things hoped for, the proving of things
not seen.-Heb. IL: /.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-31
He Was %Skeptical.

Philadelphia Cali; There's no
abatement in these wonderful stories
from Georgia. Here's one about a
snake swallowing a lady'spet canary"
THAT isn't wonderful"
''Oh. it isn't,
"No. But it would have been
wonderful if the canary had swallowed
the snake"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-31
A Bitter ~Sopoiific.

Texas SiftiDgs: Mother-And if /
tell you the story about the babe
in the manger and the wise men
from the east, Bobby, will you 90 10
sleep?
Bobby (after studying for moment)
No, ma. on tell me the story about
Jack. the Giant Killer first. and then
III 60 TO sleep while you're telling me
the babe in the manger.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-31
BY Proxy.

Life: john said Deacon Smithus.
after vain!y endeavoring TO put "a let
ter into III envelope two sizes too
small, ''is there q dictionary of pro-
fanltv in this bouseP'
ayes. sir, replied John.
Very well. then, sad the deacon;
''go IA behind the barn and read it
aloud, from hegiDn'ng to end, as forci-
ply as you know how, and charge it up
10 my account
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-31

81 want 10 thank you," writes a young man
70 B. e. johnson 81 70 K chmo1t, Va, "fo-
placing me IN a position Dy which | am en-
'bled To maze money faster tnga / ever ga
before" This Is but = sample extracg Cf 1te
many hundred Of stmiiar letters received hy
the above lirm. See thti' advertisement H.
ano. her Column.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-31
SEEK FURTHER QUESTIONS.

When did the Lord use a wind to bring
his people food, and what food did he thus
bring them? Where. and for how long a
time, did he feed his people with bread in
the wilderness, and by what name was
the bread called? Where are tears spoken
Of as bread? To whom did the Lord
cause ravens to carry food, and where
"a the man? For how long n time was
this same man and two others fed from a
barrel which had in it only enough for a
single meal? What woman was enabled
to pay all her debts by borrowing empty
jars, and how did that enable her TO do
so? Where is the record Of the feeding OF
an hundred men with only twenty loaves
Of barlcvf and were they sufficient?
Bible Catechism:-
so. What does faith have to DO with
salvation?
ANs.-If thou shalt confess with thy
mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in
thy heart that God raised him from the
dead, thou shalt be saved.-Rom. 1919.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-31
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